John van Lottum (born 10 April 1976) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands, who played professionally from 1994 to 2007. During his career, he won 5 Challenger titles in singles; notably defeated Lleyton Hewitt and Todd Martin ; and reached the 4th round of Wimbledon in 1998 .
The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour in April 1999, when he became world No. 62. He has an older sister, Noëlle van Lottum , who played on the WTA Tour for France circuit from 1987 to 1999, with a career-high ranking of world No. 57 in singles.
After his tennis career he was considered as a coach for Michaëlla Krajicek , but instead joined TV channel Eurosport as a tennis commentator. In June 2008, he coached Elena Dementieva during the Ordina Open and Wimbledon .
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–8)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Nov 1997
Neumünster , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Dick Norman
7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win
1–1
Feb 1999
Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
Challenger
Hard
Markus Hipfl
7–6, 6–2
Win
2–1
Mar 2001
Kyoto , Japan
Challenger
Carpet
Michael Kohlmann
6–7(3–7) , 6–4, 7–5
Win
3–1
Oct 2001
Bukhara , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Oleg Ogorodov
6–1, 6–1
Loss
3–2
Dec 2001
San José, Costa Rica
Challenger
Hard
Michael Kohlmann
3–6, 4–6
Loss
3–3
Dec 2001
Bangkok , Thailand
Challenger
Hard
Paradorn Srichaphan
2–6, 3–6
Loss
3–4
Sep 2002
Samarkand , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Clay
Vasilis Mazarakis
6–7(1–7) , 6–4, 1–6
Win
4–4
Oct 2002
Bukhara , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Hard
Vasilis Mazarakis
7–6, 6–1
Loss
4–5
Dec 2002
Yokohama , Japan
Challenger
Carpet
Lee Hyung-taik
6–2, 6–7(2–7) , 6–7(6–8)
Win
5–5
Dec 2002
Bangkok , Thailand
Challenger
Hard
Frank Moser
7–5, 6–4
Loss
5–6
Jul 2003
Hilversum , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Martin Verkerk
3–6, 1–6
Loss
5–7
Nov 2003
Nottingham , United Kingdom
Challenger
Hard
Joachim Johansson
4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 2–6
Loss
5–8
Nov 2003
Bratislava , Slovakia
Challenger
Hard
Marc Rosset
6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)